.tel Domains
.tel domain names are being hyped and advertised all over the place. The company that owns the rights to the .tel extension believes they should be used like a switchboard where everyone has their contact info permanently available at their own .tel domain name.
The idea is obviously ridiculously stupid for too many reasons. The most prominent facet of idiocy is name collision. But beyond that a .tel domain based contact directory is to OpenID what a wheel-less bicycle is to a rocket ship.
Unfortunately this stuff isn't new, godaddy has been pushing .me domain names for a while now. Oh well.
